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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1917.
Arthropods
Insects
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sp. nov |
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A torticid moth |
Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list[3] and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.[4]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen. nov |
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Junior synonym of Archaeopteryx. Non-dinosaurian bird. |
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gen et sp nov |
Junior synonym of Hypacrosaurus. | |||||||
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gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
late Campanian-early Maastrichtian |
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
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References
- ^ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
- ^ Cockerell, T. D. A. (1907). "A fossil tortricid moth". Canadian Entomologist. 39: 416.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Montague, Jeremy. "Dr. Montague's Database" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-10-29.
- ^ Petronievics, B. and A.S. Woodward. 1917. On the pectoral and pelvic arches of the Britt.Mus. specimen of Archaeopteryx. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: pp. 1 - 16.
- ^ Lambe, L.M. 1917. On Cheneosaurus tolmanensis, a new genus and species of trachodont dinosaur from the Edmonton Cretaceous of Alberta. Ottawa Nat. 30: pp. 117- 123.
- ^ Lambe, L.M. 1917. A new genus and species of crestless hadrosaur from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. Ottawa Nat. 31: pp. 65-73.